 Inside-Out NASCAR (Detail), 2006 Dan Devine Inside-Out NASCAR For this exhibition, Dan Devine continues his inside-out sculptures with a NASCAR race car. He has turned inside-out, an actual Chevrolet Monte Carlo racer that was used in NASCAR racing. The purely functional interior, with sturdy roll-cage armor, critical instrumentation, and spare sheet-metal, in no-nonsense grey, now forms the exterior. The shiny, brightly colored skin of the body, intended for public consumption with numbers and sponsors logos, is confined and private. With its streamlined front and back now intimately facing each other, the car is in constant pursuit of itself. The sculpture has sponsors whose logos and names are permanently displayed on it. Devine, a former motorcycle racer, used his racing number (177) so as not to arbitrarily choose a number that might coincide with a contemporary NASCAR driver's. For his first one-person show at Pierogi in 1998, Devine exhibited his "Inside-Out Car", an inverted Volkswagen Rabbit. That sculpture traveled to five museum exhibitions around the U.S. during the next six years. His 2002 show, "This Conversation May Be Recorded", was comprised of a series of hanging crystal surveillance sculptures that "watched" the viewers who then found themselves displayed on LCD screens within the sculptures. Exhibition: 10 March - 10 April, 2006 Gallery hours: Fri-Mon 12 am - 6 pm and by appointment PIEROGI 2000 Gallery 1 177 North 9th Street USA-Brooklyn, NY 11211 Telephone 00718 599 2144 www.pierogi2000.com |
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